Innholdsfortegnelse for #78 March-April 2021 i Green Magazine

There is an element of conflict in publishing a magazine when we feel so strongly about the detrimental effects of overconsumption. Our Upfront pages are particularly tricky, so we have been focusing on the work of local designers and craftspeople and hope that what you need can be found in this ever-expanding pool. We also believe strongly in the ethos of ‘buy once, buy well’; encouraging the old-fashioned idea of saving up and investing in a much-loved piece. We will increasingly gather the work of locals in our pages and occasionally look beyond Australia if an environmental initiative is groundbreaking or thought-provoking. This sentiment continues through our features and houses – individual craftsmanship and considered architecture are paramount and this is apparent in all of the houses in this issue.…

To meander, or follow a winding course, is a lovely verb that perfectly sums up the Perth suburb of Cottesloe. Locals and visitors alike meander across fine white sand for a swim, out to the groyne for the view, or along Marine Parade for an ice cream or beer. The Ocean Beach Hotel has long been the default meeting point for country folk visiting the city, and Sculpture by the Sea draws thousands every autumn. To its Traditional Owners the area is known as Mudurup, or place of whiting, and frequented through the Noongar seasons of birok and burnoru, or December to March, for spear fishing in the clear turquoise waters. It’s a place of exhilarating light and spirit, apparent to all who visit. So, when clients Anh and Bill…

Architect Bence Mulcahy bencemulcahy.com.au Builder Thylacine Constructions Passive energy design The existing house plan is oriented east/west with new glazing to both levels on the east façade, serving the kitchen living area and new bedroom. In summer and winter, the sun penetrates into the kitchen/living room. The east façade uses sliding shutters and an operable filigree timber screen to provide summer shading. The nature of the existing houses limited windows along the long edge meaning the internal space maintains coolth in summer and retains warmth in winter. Voids, operable internal panels and high level operable skylights serve to facilitate air movement through the spaces and levels. Operable windows are positioned for effective cross-ventilation. The design provides comfortable living with low energy use year-round, particularly when compared with the existing house.…

After a long summer, outdoor potted plants can be lacklustre and in need of a boost. Just like garden soil, potting mix can become hydrophobic from drying out too often and needs help to be able to take moisture up again, for water to infiltrate rather than run off. It’s also important that soil be thoroughly wet before adding any replenishing manures or fertilisers, to prevent roots and leaf tips burning. Using a soil wetter can really help with rehydrating and revitalising your potting mix, but take care to use an environmentally safe soil wetter such as eco-hydrate from Organic Crop Protectants, as many soil wetters will damage earthworms and other soil-residing critters. Eco-hydrate also contains liquid seaweed, which helps give tired soil and plants a boost at this time…

Dedicated Italian company Paola Lenti’s latest outdoor collection is made only from recyclable and reclaimed fibre materials. Its pieces come in over 200 colourways (which is bad news for the more indecisive among us) and are designed to endure tough outdoor conditions. dedece.com Weave This potholder or trivet is made from recycled cotton saris in Bangladesh by artisan workers through an enterprise that provides alternative employment to former sex workers. Each potholder is completely unique and produced following Fair Trade working conditions. everyday-needs.com Extraterrestrial Melbourne-based ceramic artist Kirsten Perry creates biomorphic objects conjured from imaginings of life on a planet far away. kirstenperry.com Get Ziggy “Ziggy” is a sculptural number from Jardan that bears a distinctly architectural quality. It’s available with environmentally friendly fabrics, either FSC® or PEFC label timber…

Architect Philip Stejskal Architecture architecturePS.com Builder Portrait Custom Homes Passive energy design The home sits along the southern edge of an E-W block to take advantage of northern aspect. It has a wraparound verandah that shades openings in summer yet admits sun deep into the plan during winter, heating up the exposed concrete slab. Cross ventilation is achieved through strategically positioned louvred openings along the west, south and east of the building. Thermal mass is not only offered by the exposed slab (all levels) but also an abundance of internal brickwork in what is largely a reverse brick veneer outer skin. Materials The project consists of two components materially. The double-storey street-facing component is clad in spotted gum tongue-and-groove boards, treated with Cutek Oil, left to grey off. The rear,…

Brisbane architect Paul Butterworth has been visiting Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) for its pristine oceans and fishing beaches since childhood. During this time, he has developed a deep understanding of the rhythms of island life. “We know that when the acacia (wattle) flower, the air and the water will be cold enough for the mullet to run and the tailor will follow. So that’s how we know when to get our [fishing] gear ready,” Paul says. His experiences here have helped to inform his thinking as an architect who cares deeply for the community he serves. And these experiences have become the foundation for the positive contribution he has made to the contained pockets of low-density housing. Paul’s latest project, Nannygai House (nannygai is a local tropical fish) sits high…

Twists and Turns  The “summer swivel chair” by grazia&co is everything we need and more from outdoor furniture. It looks elegant, is developed and manufactured in Melbourne and is fully customisable. graziaandco.com.au Namesake F.D.RYAN is named after Frederick Daniel Ryan, the son of Irish immigrants born in 1909 who worked as a blacksmith and toolmaker. Today, his great-grandson James continues the artisan family tradition by handcrafting tools in Heidelberg West designed to last a lifetime. fdryan.com Rethink What will be “Australia’s greenest building” is also a contender for its most philosophical. Koichi Takada Architects’ Urban Forest is a 30-storey carbon neutral building firmly footed in the zeitgeist: “One takeaway from the COVID-19 pandemic crisis is the realisation that we are all living things,” the studio muses. “We are here to…

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Architect panovscott Architects panovscott.com.au Builder Hobbs & Blair Passive energy design The site is within a heritage conservation area. The existing dwelling is one-half of a semi-detached pair with a pleasing character to the street and northern aspect. The project sought to retain as much of the extant building as was possible, while undertaking preservation work to that fabric and establishing a new building form to the rear that would radically alter the amenity in that part of the dwelling. The new works are located to the south and orientated to the rear southern garden, but they are also orientated to the sky via the glass roofs, tangentially to the park diagonally across the rear lane, to the cluster of commercial towers on the skyline westward and across the existing…

Architect Paul Butterworth Architect pbarchitect.com.au Builder Andersen Quality Constructions + Rokco Builds Landscape Planted Agenda Structural engineer SCG Consulting Engineers Bushfire consultant Brisbane Bushfire Consulting Passive energy design Narrow floor plan for natural light. Mostly one room wide with aligned openings either side for airflow. Exposed slab on ground for thermal mass and passive heat sink in winter. Direct thermal connection to the ground. Heavily insulated to roof, internal and external walls and between floors. Reflective roof sheeting. Retention of existing established vegetation to shade building and reduce heat islanding. New south-east courtyard as cool sink. Aligned stacking sliding doors to promote cross ventilation. Extending fin walls to east and west to protect glazing. Extending window hoods to protect glazing. A comparatively compact house for its amenity. Materials External cladding:…

The Blade’s place is just after the bitumen becomes gravel at the end of the road at the bottom of a very slight hill. Even in the middle of summer, it’s marshy coming in and there are four signs with a stretch of 150 metres that tell you to slow down for the ducklings. There are no fences around here – or if there are, they’re covered in vines and you don’t notice. Neither Kylie nor Nash the Staffie hear the car drive up but they’re not fussed – the place oozes calm and these two seem to have been soaking in it. The property is called Frogshollow and is one of a group of very pretty four-acre blocks just out of Woodend in Victoria’s Macedon Ranges. Landscape designer Kylie…